#BB3B59#BB3B59

#BB3B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.164 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB3B59
RGB	rgb(187, 59, 89)
HSL	hsl(346, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(346, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.4%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.83, 53.25, 11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.83, 54.54, 12.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% 0.1614 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.164 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8627, 14.4172, 10.9755)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB3B59 #3BBB9D

analogous

#BB3B99 #BB3B59 #BB5D3B

triadic

#BB3B59 #59BB3B #3B59BB

tetradic

#BB3B59 #99BB3B #3BBB9D #5D3BBB

square

#BB3B59 #99BB3B #3BBB9D #5D3BBB

split-complementary

#BB3B59 #3BBB5D #3B99BB

monochromatic

#5E1E2D #8C2C43 #BB3B59 #CE657E #DD93A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#BB3B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#BB3B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB3B59

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB3B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB3B59	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5A59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC2347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb3b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 59, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.164 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57987',
    500: '#bb3b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb3b59;
$custom-light: #d57987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb3b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.938,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54528,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB3B59

secondary

#8AC8BA

accent

#DBBA4C

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEEEF

border

#D4C9CA

text

#150A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB3B59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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